The kvm_vcpu_pmu_{read,write}_evtype_direct functions do not handle
the cycle counter use-case, this leads to inaccurate counts and a
WARN message when using perf with the cycle counter (-e cycle).
Let's fix this by adding a use case for pmccfiltr_el0.
Reported-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Murray <andrew.murray@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c
index 4d55193ccc71..e790051ed6ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -134,12 +134,15 @@ void __hyp_text __pmu_switch_to_host(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
PMEVTYPER_##readwrite##_CASE(30)
/*
- * Read a value direct from PMEVTYPER<idx>
+ * Read a value direct from PMEVTYPER<idx> where idx is 0-30
+ * or PMCCFILTR_EL0 where idx is ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX (31).
*/
static u64 kvm_vcpu_pmu_read_evtype_direct(int idx)
{
switch (idx) {
PMEVTYPER_CASES(READ);
+ case ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX:
+ return read_sysreg(pmccfiltr_el0);
default:
WARN_ON(1);
}
@@ -148,12 +151,16 @@ static u64 kvm_vcpu_pmu_read_evtype_direct(int idx)
}
/*
- * Write a value direct to PMEVTYPER<idx>
+ * Write a value direct to PMEVTYPER<idx> where idx is 0-30
+ * or PMCCFILTR_EL0 where idx is ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX (31).
*/
static void kvm_vcpu_pmu_write_evtype_direct(int idx, u32 val)
{
switch (idx) {
PMEVTYPER_CASES(WRITE);
+ case ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX:
+ write_sysreg(val, pmccfiltr_el0);
+ break;
default:
WARN_ON(1);
}
--
2.21.0
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